Jim Baumgardner is a 62 year-old grandfather (nine grandchildren!) and the brilliant author of Sarah books. Sarah books were written by Jim specifically with his granddaughters in mind, promising good clean content. But not only will you find the content clean, the story of Sarah’s Wish proved thought-provoking, exciting and down right heart wrenching at times. When I get those very real feelings while reading a book, I know it’s been a good one. : )
In Sarah’s Wish, the debut novel of the series, young Sarah becomes the responsible party on a secret mission when she loses her mother in a buggy accident. “A girl with grit”, Sarah keeps her chin up and does the job required of her to get the runaway slaves on to the next station of the Underground Railroad. With trouble at 
every turn, Sarah never loses heart and her own quest for a family only seems to spur her on.
This book was a great read for many reasons. 1) The fact intermingled with fiction is a great way to reinforce history lessons. 2) The Christian values of the main character encourage the reader in their own right actions and attitudes. 3) It’s just entertaining! This book grabs your attention and keeps it. 4) A great value – it comes with a free audiobook version that can be downloaded over the internet.
I really enjoyed this book and feel I could totally trust it’s content if my daughter read the rest of the series on her own. I would have no hesitation about it. Jim 
Baumgardner seems to really love writing and his grandchildren. It pours out in his writing. I highly recommend signing up for his newletter at sarahbooks@cox.net
The newsletters are filled with fun facts, announcements, letters from Jim, quizzes, games, reader comments and wise quotes.
The book, Sarah’s Wish retails for $10.99 at the Sarah Books website you can pick up a copy for only $9.99 with free shipping. You can also get Sarah’s Promise for $13.50 and Sarah’s Escape for $17.50, both with free shipping. Audiobooks are also available on CD.
Sara O’
Well really liked it too. In fact, I have already loaned it out! Finally, some good reads without all the junk of main stream stuff! Nice review-
FM Sheri
I agree Sheri! It's always so good to find a book series you can enjoy without wading through the useless content. Loved this book!